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When I was a child, my parents made me and my brother say grace before meals. My mother is a preacher in the United Methodist Church, and my faith is part of my daily life. We often thanked God for our country. We expressed gratitude for our government leaders who valued freedom and for Founding Fathers who ascribed the rights of life and liberty to all. As I grew up, everything changed. When I was in fifth grade, in early 2004, reports emerged that President George W. Bush had authorized waterboarding at Guantanamo Bay. That spring, we learned that our country brutally tortured people at Abu Ghraib and at so-called black sites. Year after year, I read more reports of torture, indefinite...

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"The quality of mercy is not strained.”
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